Pachydactylus wahlbergii (Peters, 1869)

Conradie, Werner, Keates, Chad, Verburgt, Luke, Baptista, Ninda L., Harvey, James, Júlio, Timóteo & Neef, Götz, 2022, Contributions to the herpetofauna of the Angolan Okavango-Cuando-Zambezi River drainages. Part 2: Lizards (Sauria), chelonians, and crocodiles, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (e 322) 16 (2), pp. 181-214 : 193-194

Pachydactylus wahlbergii (Peters, 1869)

Kalahari Ground Gecko ( Fig. 15 , Map 15)

Material: PEM R 25083, Cuando River, CUD2018 AC Camp 22, -15.82175° 21.58647°, 1,050 m asl.

Description: 72 midbody scale rows; 7/8 supralabials; 6/6 infralabials; 2 undivided scansors under 4 th toe. Largest male: 25.5 + 26.2 mm (PEM R25083). Habitat and natural history notes: Found beneath a tent pitched on the sandy bank adjacent to the Cuando River. Comment: Although Haacke (1976) recorded this species from the border between Angola and Namibia, no official records have been documented from Angola. This therefore represents the first confirmed record for Angola. This new record is unsurprising, given the recent record of this species in western Zambia ( Pietersen et al. 2017).

Figures

Fig. 15. Adult male Pachydactylus wahlbergii (PEM R25083) from middle Cuando River. Photo by Götz Neef.